OR Hamas He released a video today with an Israeli -American hostage abducted during the deadly attack on October 7, 2023 at Israelwho is alive and held in Gaza.
The hostage families forum, the main organization struggling for the liberation of Israel’s hostages held in the Gaza Strip from Hamas, acknowledged that he was Alexander.
It is a select unit soldier who had parked near the border with Palestinian territory at the time of the attack, after the conflict between Israel and Hamas broke out.
The French Agency was unable to determine the date of recording the video.
The video, released by Ezedin al-Kassam Brigades, takes just more than three minutes and shows the hostage sitting in a small room.
Speaking to the camera, Enan Alexander criticizes, often shaking his hands, the Israeli government that he has not yet secured his release. Speaking under pressure, he says he wants to return home to celebrate Easter.
HEART-WRENCHING PLEA FROM HOSTAGE EDAN ALEXANDER
Hamas just released a gut-punching video of 21-year-old Israeli-American Edan Alexander, trapped in a dark, enclosed space, begging for his life. Under clear duress, he calls out the Israeli government for failing to bring… pic.twitter.com/hr9nnosjPk
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Israel is celebrating today the Jewish Easter, which commemorates the liberation of the Jewish people from slavery in Egypt.
“Our own, a soldier who immigrated to Israel and joined the Golf Brigade to defend the country and its citizens, continues to be held prisoner by Hamas,” said his family, who cited the announcement of the Forum.
“So when you sit down to celebrate Pesach (the Jewish Easter), remember that it is not a celebration of freedom as long as Enn and the other hostages do not return to their homes,” he added.
This announcement is released a few hours after the announcement by Defense Minister Israel Kats for the occupation of Israeli troops on the major Morang axis in the southern Gaza Strip, as well as the expansion of the attack on the “most” of Palestinian territory.
“Every day of delay (in the conclusion of a truce agreement, ed.) More deaths among the defenseless Palestinian citizens and an unknown future” of hostages, Hamas warned in a statement published before the video was published.
Of the 251 people who were abducted during the October 7 attack, 58 are still held in Gaza, of which 34 are killed according to the Israeli army.
A truce achieved under the auspices of the United States, Egypt and Qatar, between January 19 and March 17, made it possible to return 33 hostages, of which eight dead in exchange for the liberation of Israel about 1,800 Palestinian prisoners.